"Fellow villagers, please don't be resistant!" Chen Zhifang shouted through a loud speaker, his voice cracking. "These are difficult times, and we have an obligation to help ease the burden on the country..."
"No! We have difficulties too! If the people in the city can't get enough food, will they send it to us in the countryside?"
"We black backs can't bear the hardship to feed their white bellies. They can't do anything and will only come back to hinder us!"
Wang Youtian struck the gong vigorously. "Nonsense! It's because we peasants are in trouble that the country wants to help us and support us! Ultimately, this policy supports us ordinary people..."
The document issued this time is mainly aimed at unemployed workers and cadres' families. They are classified as "idlers" in the city and should return to the countryside to support the country's agricultural construction. It is a "major adjustment, major going to the countryside, and major streamlining."
In addition, the activity of sending educated youth to the countryside, which began in 1950, has ushered in a second wave of enthusiasm this year.
No wonder the villagers resisted.
The arrival of people means they will be given food and money. If they can work, it would be fine. However, from what I hear, most of the people who come are from the city, either the working class who have lost their jobs, or elderly family members, or even young people in their teens and twenties.
You can't carry anything on your shoulders or lift anything with your hands. Are you here to do farm work or just to make things worse?
"No! We don't agree!"
Chen Zhifang understood everyone's difficulties. "This is a policy from above. We can only support it, how can we oppose it? Besides, there aren't many people here, only five or six households in total, and there's an old doctor here. You guys always complain about the inconvenience of seeing a doctor in our village, but now it's much more convenient!"
These words really touched their hearts.
"Okay, it's a done deal. Let's work harder. This year's harvest will definitely be good. By the end of the year, we can kill one more pig!" Wang Youtian made the final decision.
Now that there are people, they need to build a house. Fu Manshan thought about it and realized that he had saved up a lot of wood and adobe, so he could take this opportunity to ask the villagers to help build the house.
"Village chief, when people come, where will they stay?" someone asked. "We don't have any place to stay. Let me be clear, my family is in financial difficulty."
Wang Youtian slammed the person who spoke. "No matter what, you're having difficulties. You're the first to distribute the meat! Draw lots! Let's repair those houses at the back of the village and let them move in. Until then, whoever's house you catch will live in it!"
Fu Manshan quickly raised his hand and said, "Village Chief, we are a small family, so we can make do with this place for now. But, we need to ask the villagers for help and build a few houses for us."
"Oh, Lao Fu's family is going to build a house. They are really rich."
"Xiuzhi is a worker now, earning a salary every month. Building a house is not a big deal."
"Building a house is fine, but you have to provide food, uncle. This big guy works during the day and at night, it's really hard work."
Fu Manshan nodded repeatedly, "Of course, there's enough rice and meat!"
In fact, there were only eight people in Qingshan Village who returned to their hometown in response to the policy this time.
An old doctor in his sixties, surnamed Yu, used to be the director of a health center. Later, he retired voluntarily due to injury. This time, he was affected by the policy and his household registration was moved to the countryside.
There were two other households, two elderly couples, both workers who passed their jobs to their children. They were in their forties and had been taking good care of their children at home, but were forced to come to Qingshan Village.
One is a young man who has never found a job. He stays at home all day, idle and relying on his parents. When asked to take over, he refuses to do the job of sweeping the streets, so he remains idle.
The other unemployed young man was an educated man, but for some unknown reason he lost his job and has been staying at home ever since. Perhaps because of his education, he is somewhat conceited.
The last one was a young intellectual who volunteered to go to the countryside. She was a girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old.
This is because Qingshan Village is too small and only a few people were allocated. The large villages in other counties only had an average of about a dozen households allocated.
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Fubaoer and Panpan were holding their bowls and eating watermelon in the yard.
It is cool and comfortable under the grape vine trellis, and it is so beautiful when the breeze blows.
She is no longer the crying baby. She can stay at home and wait for her grandparents to get off work.
"Heiwa, eat some watermelon," Fu Baoer threw a large piece to his beloved dog. "Eat as much as you can, I have plenty!"
Heiwa pointed his butt at his childish master with disgust.
Liu Shengli, led by the village chief and Fu Manshan, came to the Fu family to stay temporarily. When he opened the gate, he saw two children lying in a rocking chair, eating watermelon and playing with the dog.
It seems that this family has good living conditions, and Liu Shengli is satisfied.
"Bao'er, you're having a good time," Wang Youtian rocked Fu Bao'er's rocking chair. "You have a big brother coming home. Let him play with you in the future, okay?"
Fu Baoer picked up a piece of watermelon and handed it to Wang Youtian, "Grandpa, eat it."
Wang Youtian really admires this little girl. How can she be so perceptive at such a young age?
Fu Baoer looked at Liu Shengli, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a green military uniform, and looked quite energetic. But why did this man start looking around as soon as he entered the yard? His eyes were rolling around, and he seemed to be not doing his job properly.
Liu Shengli saw a little baby looking at him and frowned. He thought, with children and dogs at home, would it be very noisy? He didn't sleep well, and what would he do if there were always children crying or dogs barking?
Fu Baoer was amused. It seemed that this person didn't like him very much, or did he not like this temporary home?
"Brother, you take Comrade Liu Shengli to get familiar with the place first. I'll go check out the other ones."
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